PREAMBLE
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC,
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF DENMARK,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA,
THE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC,
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SPAIN,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA,
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE OF LUXEMBOURG,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY,
THE PRESIDENT OF MALTA,
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS,
THE FEDERAL PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC,
THE PRESIDENT OF ROMANIA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND,
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN,
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,
WISHING to complete the process launched by the Treaty of Amsterdam and the Treaty of Nice with a view to strengthening the efficiency and democratic legitimacy of the Union and improving the coherence of its action,
HAVE AGREED to amend the Treaty on European Union, the Treaty establishing the European Community and the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,
and have appointed for this purpose as plenipotentiaries:
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS
Guy VERHOFSTADT
Prime Minister
Karel DE GUCHT
Minister of Foreign Affairs
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA
Sergei STANISHEV
Prime Minister
Ivailo KALFIN
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
THE PRESIDENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Mirek TOPOLÁNEK
Prime Minister
Karel SCHWARZENBERG
Minister of Foreign Affairs
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF DENMARK
Anders Fogh RASMUSSEN
Prime Minister
Per Stig MØLLER
Minister of Foreign Affairs
THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
Dr. Angela MERKEL
Federal Chancellor
Dr. Frank-Walter STEINMEIER
Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs and Vice-Chancellor
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA
Andrus ANSIP
Prime Minister
Urmas PAET
Minister of Foreign Affairs
THE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND
Bertie AHERN
Prime Minister (Taoiseach)
Dermot AHERN
Minister of Foreign Affairs
THE PRESIDENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC
Konstantinos KARAMANLIS
Prime Minister
Dora BAKOYANNIS
Minister of Foreign Affairs
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SPAIN
José Luis RODRÍGUEZ ZAPATERO
President of the government
Miguel Ángel MORATINOS CUYAUBÉ
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC
Nicolas SARKOZY
President
Francois FILLON
Prime Minister
Bernard KOUCHNER
Minister of Foreign and European Affairs
THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC
Romano PRODI
President of the Council of Ministers
Massimo D’ALEMA
Vice-President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS
PAPADOPOULOS Tassos
President
Erato KOZAKOU-MARCOULLIS
Minister of Foreign Affairs
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA
Valdis ZATLERS
President
KALVĪTIS Aigars
Prime Minister
Māris RIEKSTIŅŠ
Minister of Foreign Affairs
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA
Valdas ADAMKUS
President
Gediminas KIRKILAS
Prime Minister
Petras VAITIEKŪNAS
Minister of Foreign Affairs
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE OF LUXEMBOURG
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
Prime Minister, Minister of State
Jean ASSELBORN
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY
Ferenc GYURCSÁNY
Prime Minister
Dr. Kinga GÖNCZ
Minister of Foreign Affairs
THE PRESIDENT OF MALTA
The Hon Lawrence GONZI
Prime Minister
The Hon Michael FRENDO
Minister of Foreign Affairs
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS
Dr. JP BALKENENDE
Prime Minister
Mr J.M. VERHAGEN
Minister of Foreign Affairs
THE FEDERAL PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA
Dr. Alfred GUSENBAUER
Federal Chancellor
Dr. Ursula PLASSNIK
Federal Minister for European and International Affairs
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND
Donald TUSK
Prime Minister
Radosław SIKORSKI
Minister of Foreign Affairs
THE PRESIDENT OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC
José SÓCRATES CARVALHO PINTO DE SOUSA
Prime Minister
Luís Filipe BRANDS AMADO
Minister of State and Foreign Affairs
THE PRESIDENT OF ROMANIA
Traian BĂSESCU
President
Cãlin POPESCU TĂRICEANU
Prime Minister
Adrian CIOROIANU
Minister of Foreign Affairs
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA
Janez JANŠA
President of the government
Dr. Dimitrij RUPEL
Minister of Foreign Affairs
THE PRESIDENT OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Robert FICO
Prime Minister
Ján KUBIŠ
Minister of Foreign Affairs
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND
Matti VANHANEN
Prime Minister
Ilkka KANERVA
Minister of Foreign Affairs
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN
Fredrik REINFELDT
Prime Minister
Cecilia MALMSTRÖM
Minister for European Affairs
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
The Rt. Hon Gordon BROWN
Prime Minister
The Rt. Hon David MILIBAND
Minister of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
WHICH, after having communicated their full powers, found in good and due form,
HAVE AGREED ON THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS: